Testing the soil in your garden is an important preliminary step in getting your fresh vegetable garden off to a great start. Even before you decide which varieties to grow, you should order the seed and dust off your garden tools, you need to get your garden soil tested and analyzed.

As an alternative to throwing away or immediately recycling the "t-shirt" plastic bags that we come home with from retailers, this will give one short tutorial for a homemade project (a jump rope) that can be made from those bags. Once the project has served its purpose or becomes worn out, it can still be sent for ...

Practical and inspirational, Kiwi Backyard is packed with great ideas from ex All Black Andy Ellis. This book features a wide range of backyards from Kiwi heroes Kieran Read, Richie and Gemma McCaw, Sir Graham Henry, Wayne Smith, Wyatt Crockett, Sir Richard Hadlee, Izzy Dagg, George and Kayla Whitelock, Jason Gunn, ...

Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari depicts the young Giotto scratching his first drawings on ston...

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Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) Don't Miss a Moment with Anne Shirley in this Anne of Green Gables Bundle This bundle includes: • Anne of Green Gables • Anne of Avonlea • Anne of the Island • Anne's House of Dreams • Rainbow Valley • Rilla of Ingleside • Chronicles of Avonlea • Further Chronicles of Avonlea...

Learn how easy it is to make this luxurious melt and pour soap starring Matcha Green Tea. This type of soap is wonderful for all skin types and would make a great addition to any bath & body gift basket!

Eric Mantle presents the basics of classical theory in a clear and concise manner for all beginning drawing and painting students. His book features diagrams that illustrate every concept. Students will see the complexities of color theory and understand how to create the illusion of volume and depth on a 2-dimensio...

Did you know that burning certain cookware or feeding avocado could kill your precious pet bird? Here are 15 safety tips every pet bird owner must know to help our birds live a long, healthy life. A short, no-fluff, no-filler, article originally published in the 15th anniversary edition of Bird Talk magazine, with u...

In ancient Japan, beautiful yet functional cords made with the traditional braiding art of kumihimo adorned everything from kimonos to samurai armor to prayer scrolls. In Kumihimo Wire Jewelry, innovative jewelry artist Giovanna Imperia offers a fresh twist on this time-honored technique, adapting it to create stunn...

Ein Korallenriff im eigenen Heim – wer möchte sich diesen Wunschtraum nicht erfüllen? Dieser fantastisch bebilderte Ratgeber ist ein hervorragender Leitfaden zum Aufbau und Betrieb eines funktionierenden Meerwasser-Aquariums. Praxisnah und anschaulich werden Schritt für Schritt die Grundlagen erläutert. Natürlich fi...

Antonio López García’s Everyday Urban Worlds: A Philosophy of Painting is the first book to give the famed Spanish artist the critical attention he deserves. Born in Tomelloso in 1936 and still living in the Spanish capital today, Antonio López has long cultivated a reputation for impressive urban scenesーbut it is ...

Let me help you take the frustration out of gardening and landscaping. Discover methods to be kind to the environment by being "almost organic", and maintaining a great looking yard and garden while being environmentally responsible, yet practical. If you find you're spending more time on your lawn and garden with l...

The must-read Sunday Times bestseller, the perfect feel-good stocking filler for fans of animal lovers and fans of The Guest Cat Can a pet really change your life? Alfie is homeless, abandoned after his elderly owner passes away. But when he stumbles on to Edgar Road, Alfie knows he’s found his new home. However, th...

閩南春花 ╳ 客家纏花 ╳ 完美經典！ 從基礎紙形變化中，給予作品新生命， 在小紙片、絲線、組件的遊戲中， 繞出自由創意的絕美藝術！ 　　✓纏花是什麼？ 　　纏花是結合剪紙、纏繞絲線、捻線等技巧的工藝，並搭配不同紙型，帶你做出不同的花型。 　　✓繞線技巧零藏私教學 　　從基礎紙形的繪製、打版，到綜合創作，從大原則到小細節，所有密技...

Die Armbanduhr, des Mannes liebstes Spielzeug - und sein einziges gesellschaftlich legitimiertes Schmuckstück -, hat eine mehr als 100-jährige Geschichte vorzuweisen. Der renommierte Auktionator und Armbanduhren-Experte Stefan Muser hat aus seinem reichen Fundus die legendärsten Exemplare der einzelnen Epochen ausge...